A representation of writer’s block by Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945)

Conquering Writer’s Block Through Story Telling.

An exorcism/tool for overcoming writer’s (or any) block.

Most problems have several roots from the neurological to the behavioral, the unconscious to the social. Working with these different systems is how I’ve healed: anxiety, depression, a lot of my trauma, and bipolar.

When looking at writer’s blocks (or any block) there are a variety of issues that come up:

• Stress can impair creativity and motivation or, for some of us, a lack thereof reduces incentive.
• Poor nutrition can mean lower energy and focus.
• Behaviors can get in our way: drain attention, energy, confuse the body about our goals. . .
• etc. etc.

Then there’s what’s going on in our minds: various thought processes, conflicting goals and values, fears we may not know.

The stories we tell ourselves.

Stories that are often misinformed or flat out wrong, in essence, our mind’s fake news.

I’ve noticed stories lately about my writing and the “lack thereof” and decided to jot them down to see where there are contradictions, false assumptions, things that need to be heard.